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"en.20150309.13.1-053-000"2
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"Madam President, as usual, we have another lengthy report calling for the EU to do absolutely everything under the sun. These numerous EU initiatives and campaigns have not done one thing to help gender equality. But, of course, MEPs calling for gender equality, to stop violence against women and demanding tougher legislation on discrimination is great public relations, is it not?
No one would, or could, argue with that. But the reality is that none of us here have the power to initiate anything. So what about the report in front of us? You called for positive discrimination in respect of listed companies. This is demeaning to women. We are perfectly capable of competing for positions of responsibility in business. We do not need the EU making us look inferior or weaker. Then you state you want gender clauses for public procurement contracts: classic EU bureaucracy. If I want a job doing, I want it done well; I want the best company with the best plan for the best price, irrespective of how many men and women work in that company. Once again, it is the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and the EU justifying their own existence with reports that are nothing more than pie in the sky, offering no practical help to women whatsoever."@en1
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